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A frigid week of winter weather and a threat of flurries couldn’t dampen the spirits of the approximately 800 students who received their degrees Friday night during the university’s 26th annual Winter Commencement Convocation.

The Rondileau Campus Center Auditorium was filled to capacity for the two-hour-plus ceremony.

BSU President Dana Mohler-Faria in his address reminded the graduates how lucky they are but that this good fortune comes with a price.

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More than 200 members of the Bridgewater State University community and area residents spent the 2013 MLK holiday volunteering across the region.
The volunteer work took place at these locations: Jumpstart Bridgewater-on campus, Father Bill's Distribution Center-Brockton, Cradles to Crayons-Boston, VA Hospital-Brockton, Girls, Inc.-Taunton, Bridgewater Nursing Home and Gifts to Give-New Bedford. The Day of Service was captured in these photos, which were taken by Diane Bell, Tony Esposito, Karen Callan and Kenny Monteiro.

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Honoring the legacy of Shuji Isawa, Bridgewater State University will present the "Japan Friendship Concert," Monday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. in Boyden Hall's Horace Mann Auditorium. Isawa, an early graduate of Bridgewater (1877), went on to become the father of public education in his native Japan. Performing at the concert is: The Boston Chamber Orchestra conducted by Yohei Sato; guest pianists Manabu Takasawa and Makoto Takenaka; faculty pianist Dr. Deborah Nemko; Trio Fiero featuring Miguel Perez-Espejo on violin, Guy Fishman on cello and Dr.

Dr. Phyllis Gimbel (educational leadership) published in the October 2012 issue of The National Teaching & Learning Forum an article titled, “The faculty fellowship: An opportunity to learn.” She also published a paper on a three-year exploratory research study coauthored with graduate research assistant, David Mills. The article, “The value of rewriting in graduate educator preparatory programs,” appeared in The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. With former BSU faculty member Dr.

Professor James E. Leone (movement arts, health promotion and leisure studies) is the coauthor of a major position statement on androgenic-anabolic steroids. Published in the September 2012 Journal of Athletic Training, the article seeks to inform athletic trainers and medical professionals about the dangers of steroid use. “The National Athletic Trainers’ Association Position Statement: Anabolic-Androgenic Steroids” was coauthored by Drs.Robert D. Kersey, Diane L. Elliot, Linn Goldberg, Gen Kanayama, Mike Pavlovich and Harrison G. Pope Jr.

Dr. Wing-kai To, professor of history and coordinator of Asian Studies, will present a paper, "Samuel Wells Williams' Views of Chinese Immigration and his Influence on the Chinese in America," at the International Symposium in Memory of the 200th anniversary of the birth of S. W. Williams: Relations Between East Asia and the United States in the 19th Century, at Beijing Foreign Studies University, on December 16. Samuel Wells Williams (1812–1884) is an important figure in the relations between East Asia and the United States in the 19th century.

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